Vermont · Nonprofit
THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC
THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC (Vermont) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,769,980 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,116,176). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 122
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc does
Mission
To inspire and empower people with spinal cord injuries to lead active and engaged lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The active fund - is a grant program that provides direct funding for cost-prohibitive adaptive sports equipment to help people with sci get, and stay, active. This also includes the path2active program, where the organization develops partnerships with adaptive sports programs and rehab facilities around the country to provide a path from injury to independence through adaptive sports. Path2active provides financial support to individuals who want to try a new sport, test out a piece of equipment, or build skills by attending camps, clinics, or other adaptive sports programs. Lastly, this category includes expenses for camps held throughout the year to provide exciting and immersive experiences for people with sci.
$1,688,416 spentof which $955,720 as grants78% of program spendingThe active project - which is a web-based platform for the sci community to share knowledge, build community, and create opportunities around a shared passion for being active.
$356,963 spentof which $112,438 as grants$13,647 earned by the program17% of program spendingSki racing safety - where the organization is committed to preventing injuries in the sport of alpine ski racing through equipment grants, advocating for safety awareness, and educating on proper safety practices.
$113,240 spentof which $56,218 as grants5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,158,619.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.7M to $3.0M (+80%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 6% · 2021 4% · 2023 1% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
102% of THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Edith Perkins
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 52 funders, grant income rose $56k → $777k.
22 of 122 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 122 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 56%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 61% · 2019 75% · 2020 50% · 2021 35% · 2022 53% · 2023 32% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
44% of THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.2M that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside Vermont, across 29 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC?
- THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC (Vermont) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,769,980 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,116,176). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 122 organizations giving $4,769,980 in grants to THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC, 62 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,116,176 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 122 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing